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Instinct

Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.

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Full 84% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Full 84% connected

Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and hence of anythin…

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Aptitude 76% connected

A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Imbued 92% connected

of Imbue

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Replete 92% connected

Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Cognition noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Cognitive content noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Cognitive factor noun · 86% connection

something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result

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Cognitive operation noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Cognitive process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Condensation noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

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Deciding noun · 86% connection

the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"

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Ego noun · 86% connection

(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind

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Episteme noun · 86% connection

the body of ideas that determine the knowledge that is intellectually certain at any particular time

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General knowledge noun · 86% connection

knowledge that is available to anyone

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Invalidation noun · 86% connection

when a person's thoughts and feelings are rejected, ignored, or judged.; "Invalidation is emotionally upsetting for anyone, but partic…

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Knowledge noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Lexis noun · 86% connection

all of the words in a language; all word forms having meaning or grammatical function

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Mental attitude noun · 86% connection

a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that wo…

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Mental lexicon noun · 86% connection

a language user's knowledge of words

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Mental object noun · 86% connection

the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned

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Mental process noun · 86% connection

(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…

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Noesis noun · 86% connection

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

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Actomyosin noun · 78% connection

a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions

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Alive adjective · 78% connection

In a state of action; in force or operation; unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire alive; to keep the affections a…

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Angry superl. · 78% connection

Sharp; keen; stimulated.

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Animate adjective · 78% connection

Endowed with life; alive; living; animated; lively.

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Animation noun · 78% connection

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

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Azoic adjective · 78% connection

Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…

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Curtesy noun · 78% connection

the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by…

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Dead adjective · 78% connection

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevoc…

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Desperado noun · 78% connection

A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions, and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian.

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Doubt verb · 78% connection

Difficulty expressed or urged for solution; point unsettled; objection.

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Drift noun · 78% connection

That which is driven, forced, or urged along

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Drive verb · 78% connection

To be forced along; to be impelled; to be moved by any physical force or agent; to be driven.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: urged, stimulated, naturally, moved, impelled.
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Excitable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being excited, or roused into action; susceptible of excitement; easily stirred up, or stimulated.

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